enhttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/web/x/nav/group.html_1063103745.htmlThe Conventional Nature of the MindTue, 03 Mar 2015 02:44:56 +0100720Copyright: The Berzin Archives, www.BerzinArchives.comDr. Alexander BerzinDr. Alexander Berzinhttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/web/images/global/logo.gifThe Conventional Nature of the Mindhttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/web/x/nav/group.html_1063103745.html100145The Conventional Nature of the MindDr. Alexander BerzincleanThe Conventional Nature of the Mindhttp://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/conventional_nature_mind/en-conventional_nature_mind-morelia-64kbit.mp3http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/conventional_nature_mind/en-conventional_nature_mind-morelia-64kbit.mp3(<em><a href="http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/conventional_nature_mind/en-conventional_nature_mind-morelia-64kbit.mp3" style="font-size:smaller" title="The Conventional Nature of the Mind">video + audio + transcript</a></em>) (Morelia, Mexico, April 2004) <br /><br /><strong>Mind and the Four Noble Truths</strong><br /><br /> This evening we are going to be speaking about the mind and the brain, although I'm not going to go into detail about how the brain works (I'm not a brain scientist). The topic of mind is extremely essential in Buddhism, probably one of the most essential aspects. The reason for that is because basically if we think about the difficulties, the suffering, that we have and everybody else has, it's something which is created by the mind. And when we talk about the four noble truths:<br /><br /> Suffering, the first noble truth, is experienced with mind.<br /><br /> And the cause of suffering is basically our attitude, our confusion. So that's again the mind.<br /><br /> And when we want to achieve a true stopping of that – well, we want to achieve a true stopping of all this confusion, the suffering, and the causes of suffering on the mind. I mean, that's the location of the true stopping, isn't it? And so that stopping will occur in the mind.<br /><br /> And the way to achieve that true stopping is to generate a... it's usually translated as true path (lam-bden), but that's very misleading. We're not talking about a course that you're walking on. What we are talking about is a mind that's called the pathway mind (lam). It's a type of mind that will act as a path that actually brings you to this true stopping. So that also is dealing with the mind, obviously.<br /><br /> So all four noble truths are talking about something that's occurring with the mind and something that we<a href="http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/conventional_nature_mind/en-conventional_nature_mind-morelia-64kbit.mp3" title="The Conventional Nature of the Mind">...</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/conventional_nature_mind/en-conventional_nature_mind-morelia-64kbit.mp3" style="font-size:smaller" title="The Conventional Nature of the Mind">http://www.BerzinArchives.com/media/audio/en/hi/conventional_nature_mind/en-conventional_nature_mind-morelia-64kbit.mp3</a>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:03:52 +0100